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I could never get into her work, personally. I was forced to read 'Beloved' in high school, and found it dense, poorly written, and just unpleasant to read. I know she's won a ton of awards, so it's probably just me. Sorry to hear she passed though.

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I had never heard of her, or any of her books - I went to primary school in the 80’s, though. Is she somebody that’s only recently been included in the curriculum in the past few decades?

Well, _Beloved_ for instance was published in 1987, and Jazz, also mentioned in this thread, in 1992. Her first novel, _The Bluest Eye_, in 1970.

But yeah, I would say she has continued to increase in popularity (popularly and in school curriculums) since the 1980s, although some high schoolers were probably reading her works in the 80s. I graduated from high school in 1983, and read Beloved in a class.

I meant to say graduated from high school in 1993, typo!

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